Governor Ron Desantis has signed a new Florida higher ed law.
Florida public colleges are now banned from offering general ed classes that “distort significant events” or “teach identity politics.”
The law also bans state schools from using public money for diversity programs.
Critics are calling it an attack on the very purpose of a college education.
“The less information people have access to, the more they become indoctrinated. The importance of higher education is to teach people how to ask questions, how to analyze and assess information, how to figure out their own ideas,” Eden McLean, associate professor of…
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As December 2022 approached, Palestinian-rights advocates grew nervous. That was the month by which the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had promised to issue a new rule for assessing complaints of anti-Semitism, to comply with former President Donald Trump’s 2019 executive order on the subject. Advocates worried that in putting forward the rule, OCR might formally propose adopting the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, which has been criticized for conflating censure of Israel with anti-Jewish bigotry.
But December came and went…
Creating an intensive lesson plan is a pressing job, especially for some teachers who juggle multiple classes from different grades. You don’t want to accidentally use a 3rd Grade material to teach a 4th Grade class.
No worries. Read theory is the hero every English teacher needs.
It is not a literal ‘theory’ for reading. It is a helpful website that provides materials to improve students’ reading and comprehension abilities.
How Did Read Theory Emerge?
It all started with a passionate English teacher who made his own teaching materials and shared them with his colleagues via his website.
As time…
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona repeatedly refused to offer a definition of a woman during an Appropriations Committee hearing on the Department of Education’s budget Tuesday.
During the hearing, the first time Cardona was tested before the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) asked the secretary to define what a woman is.
WATCH: CARDONA SAYS HE DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT CCP EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE HIGHER EDUCATION
“Our focus at the department is to provide equal access to students, including students who are LGBTQ, access free from discrimination,” Cardona said.
Unsatisfied, Clyde again asked Cardona, “What’s the definition of a…
February 2022
Coach Education Definitions
Academic Review Board: A body set up by the Convention Member to review concerns of fairness and equity and to consider appeals on course level decisions of coach educators (including assessments) made by student-coaches.
Coach Education Panel Members: A member of the Concacaf Coach Education Panel, which is responsible for establishing, implementing, and monitoring the Concacaf Coaching Convention across the Confederation’s Member Associations.
Coach Educator: An experienced, knowledgeable, and highly skilled football coach who is also trained in adult education and can educate student coaches according to the standards established by the Concacaf Coaching Convention.…